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Ramnik Singh

M.S. Student
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advisors:
Professor Surya P. Vanka
Professor Brian G. Thomas

Office Address: 2207 Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 105 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, 61801

E-mail: rsingh28@illinois.edu, singh.ramnik14@gmail.com

Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Fluid flow in continuous casting

 

Research Area:

Larger eddy simulations, High performance computing, Effects of applied magnetic fields in continuous casting

Education:

Bachelors Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli, India
2011
Masters Dept. of Mech. Sci. and Eng.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, USA
2013

Positions Held:

August 2011- Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

May-July 2010
Summer Research Intern to Dr. Albert Ruprecht
Institute of Hydraulic Machinery
University of Stuttgart, Germany

Selected Publications:

R. Singh, B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka, “Effects of a magnetic field on turbulent flow in the mold region of a steel caster”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, pp.1-21, May 2013.

R. Singh, B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka, “Effect of electromagnetic braking (EMBr) on turbulent flow in continuous casting”, AISTech 2013 Steelmaking Conference Proc., Pittsburgh, PA, May 6-9, 2013.

B.G. Thomas, R. Singh, R. Chaudhary and S.P. Vanka, “Flow control with ruler electromagnetic braking (EMBr) in continuous casting of steel slabs”, Fifth Baosteel Biennial Academic Conference, Shanghai, PRC, June 4-6, 2013.

Presentations:

R. Singh, B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka, “Effect of a Magnetic Field on Turbulent Flow in Continuous Casting Mold”, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, November 18-20, 2012.

R. Singh, B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka, “Effect of EMBr on transient mold flow with DNS modeling and Ga-In-Sn benchmark measurements”, Annual Meeting, Continuous Casting Consortium at UIUC, Urbana, Illinois, USA, August 16 , 2012.